Justin Bere Explained

Justin Bere
Nationality:British
Alma Mater:Canterbury College of Art
Practice:bere:architects
Significant Buildings:Mayville Community Centre
Camden Passive House
Welsh Futureworks Housing
London Bridge Staircase
Lark Rise Passive House

Justin Bere is a British architect based in London. He is founder of his own practice bere:architects and has developed a specialism in low energy passive house (Passivhaus) buildings, resulting in the first certified passive house building in London in 2010.[1] In 2012 he was named one of the most influential people in UK sustainability by Building Design magazine.[2]

Education and early career

Following a childhood spent in East Africa, England and Northern Ireland, Bere studied architecture at the Canterbury College of Art (now University for the Creative Arts).[3] Upon graduation, he worked for a range of architectural firms, including Sir Michael Hopkins & Partners (now Hopkins Architects), before establishing his own firm in 1994.

Practice and research

Bere established his practice, bere:architects, in 1994. Since its inception bere:architects has focused on low-energy buildings, and was amongst the first UK adopters of the Passive House (Passivhaus) design standard. Bere:architects has developed a distinctive practice model combining design-led architectural practice with environmental and building performance research. This has included working with University College London (‘UCL’) and Innovate UK (formerly the Technology Strategy Board, ‘TSB’) to produce and publish a number of detailed building performance and post-occupancy evaluation reports.[4]

Bere is considered an authority on low-energy design and was named as one of the top 50 most influential people in UK sustainability, by Building Design magazine in 2012. He sat on the RIBA’s Sustainable Futures advisory group from 2010 to 2016.[5] Bere also regularly speaks and advocates on sustainability in the built environment. He has been a guest speaker at the Passivhaus Institute’s International Passivhaus Conference in 2011 on the topic of ‘Cost effective solutions to social housing’[6] and in 2012 on the topic of ‘Operational performance of a Community Centre in London refurbished to the Passivhaus standard.’[7] He has been on the judging panel for the CIBSE awards in 2016 and 2017.[8] He is the author of An Introduction to Passive House.

Notable projects

!Project Name!Image!Location!Completion Date!Awards
The Muse[9] London, UKOngoing self-build, started 2004
  • Archant Environmental Award 2009, winner
Welsh Futureworks Housing (Larch House and Lime House)[10] Ebbw Vale, Wales2010
  • Passive House Certified[11] [12]
  • Larch House – Sustainable Housing Awards 2011, winner
  • Larch House – RICS Wales Award 2011, winner
  • Larch House – Constructing Excellence Wales 2011, winner
Mayville Community Centre[13] London, UK2011
  • Passive House Certified[14]
  • Architects Journal Retrofit Award 2011, winner[15]
  • Green Build Leisure Award 2012, winner[16]
  • Constructing Excellence London and South-East 2012, winner
  • UK Passivhaus Awards 2012, winner
  • Energy Efficiency and Renewables Awards 2013, winner
Lark RiseBuckinghamshire, UK2015
  • Passive House Plus Certified[17]
London Bridge Staircase[18] London, UK2016

Publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Miles. Paul. How a Brooklyn brownstone became a low-energy passive house. Financial Times. 17 September 2014. 14 February 2014.
  2. Web site: 41-50 of the most influential people in UK sustainability. Building Design. 15 October 2014. 12 March 2012.
  3. Web site: Unstructured 5.
  4. Web site: Project Gallery. passivhaustrust.org.uk. 2017-12-11.
  5. Web site: The Sustainable Futures Group. Vimeo. 2017-12-11.
  6. Book: Conference proceedings. 2011. s. n.]. Feist, Wolfgang.. 9783000343964. [S. l.|oclc=780664199].
  7. Book: 16th International Passive House Conference 2012 : conference proceedings. 2012. Passive House Institute. Feist, Wolfgang., Passive House Institute (Darmstadt, Germany), International Passive House Conference (16th : 2012 : Hannover, Germany). 9783000377204. Darmstadt. 817936289.
  8. Web site: CIBSE Building Performance Awards Judging Panel. CIBSE. 2017-12-11.
  9. Web site: Green Building Case Studies in Islington and Beyond. 2011. Islington Council. 15 October 2014.
  10. Web site: Welsh future Homes – The Larch House and Lime House – Design Commission for Wales. dcfw.org. 13 January 2010. ENGLISH. 2017-12-11.
  11. Web site: Low Energy Buildings Projects. passivhausbuildings.org.uk. 2017-12-11.
  12. Web site: Low Energy Buildings Projects. passivhausbuildings.org.uk. 2017-12-11.
  13. Web site: Passivhaus community centre: Mayville by Bere Architects. 23 February 2012. Architects' Journal. 17 September 2014.
  14. Web site: Low Energy Buildings Projects. passivhausbuildings.org.uk. 2017-12-11.
  15. Web site: AJBL - bere:architects. www.ajbuildingslibrary.co.uk. en. 2017-12-11.
  16. Web site: Construction Project Work E-Griffin Consulting Cambridgeshire, UK - E-Griffin Consulting. Consulting. E-Griffin. www.e-griffin.uk. en. 2017-12-11.
  17. Web site: Passivhaus News. passivhaustrust.org.uk. 2017-12-11.
  18. Web site: London Bridge staircase enhancement works - City of London. www.cityoflondon.gov.uk. en-GB. 2017-12-11.

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